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Harry Andrew Moore
Harry Andrew Moore (February 21, 1914 – July 3, 1998) was a dairy farmer and Canadian member of Parliament from 1962 to 1972. Political career Moore first ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1962 Canadian federal election, 1962 federal election. He defeated a field of 3 candidates by comfortable margin to win the Wetaskiwin (federal electoral district), Wetaskiwin electoral district. Parliament would be dissolved a year later when the minority Progressive Conservative government fell. This forced the 1963 Canadian federal election, 1963 federal election. Moore increased his vote total, easily winning re-election. Moore ran for a third term in office in the 1965 Canadian federal election, 1965 federal election winning a third term with a slightly reduced plurality. Moore would win the largest plurality of his career running for office for his fourth and final term in the 1968 Canadian federal election, 1968 federal election. He retired from federal politics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wetaskiwin (federal Electoral District)
Wetaskiwin was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 2015. Geography In its final configuration, the riding was located south of Edmonton and was legally described as commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of the Town of Devon with the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River; thence generally southeasterly along the westerly limit of said town to the southwesterly corner of said town (at Highway 60); thence southerly along said highway to Township Road 494; thence easterly along said road to the westerly limit of the City of Leduc; thence easterly, southerly, easterly, northerly and easterly along the southerly limit of said city to Highway No. 623; thence easterly along said highway to the easterly limit of Leduc County; thence generally southwesterly along said limit to the northerly limit of the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10; thence easterly and generally southerly along the northerl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |